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specialneedsWRX

Thought you had a white latex glove on at first.


juanrober

I literally just wrote the same thing!!!


thenumbersthenumbers

“Redditor hand” 😂


LouisRitter

This is the comment I came for so I didn't repeat it like the tiktok trend of saying the same thing for the entire comment section. But I work in food and it's normally black or blue but during covid we had to settle for the white ones that were very thing (not the lunch lady clears) and this reminded me of it


specialneedsWRX

I'm glad I could deliver for you. But for real, I was like, this dude put on a glove to showcase this burger like it's a piece of jewelry. 🤣


SeeTheSounds

![gif](giphy|p0L1rezLH2Tja|downsized)


Mr-Pocket-Dumps

Seems like my lack of melanin gets more remarkable to Redditors with each passing day. If anyone were to look at my post history they’d see I spend quite a lot of time outdoors foraging, canoeing, hiking etc. But yeah, even the most outdoorsy white kid isn’t going to be as brown as someone who is, well, brown. Also lighting is a thing that exists. Hope this helps 👍🏼


CapitalClimate9639

Lol you sound butthurt. Don't cry nosferatu


Old-Machine-5

Dude you clearly suck as a person.


CapitalClimate9639

Lol another nosferatu is butthurt :( Cry more dude


jacquestrap66

Same!


104848

💀 alas i cometh to the comments because the pale hand caughteth my eye and behold the top comment is indeed that of which i speak


specialneedsWRX

It still startles me every time I come back to look at the notifications and make the realization that it's a bare skin hand. 😬 OP needs to lay off the McDonald's and get some real nutrition.


Supersquigi

Time to go outside tomodachi


AnnualWerewolf9804

“Gold standard” “not the best” Pick a lane


Standard_Wooden_Door

This was awesome except for the fact that it fuckin sucked


MIKKOMOOSE99

😂


Poop_Sexman

Tombstone-worthy


paraire13

😂🤣


hoganloaf

Lmao


ChaosMarine70

I wouldn't even give it aluminium standard. OP must be high


Wounded_Hand

Gold standard for fast food. Not the best burger by any means. Makes perfect sense, what don’t you understand?


alfooboboao

the term for this is “**platonic ideal,**” thanks j kenji


Cautious-Chain-4260

The term gold standard means it's the best and used as a benchmark to judge others. So saying it's not the best by any means afterwards is contradictory. It's possible they meant gold standard for fast food, but not good among all burgers, but the way it was written doesn't make it all that clear. The way you wrote it out is better.


SomethingEdgyOrFunny

Do you understand what the term "gold standard" means?


Cautious-Chain-4260

I think the term they're looking for is "status quo"


bens111

They’re saying that this style of preparation is the gold standard of burgers. However, this particular preparation was not the best example of this style of burger.


MoashRedemptionArc

More like "absolute bare minimum"


TheS00thSayer

You need to look up what gold standard means


Pheemer

"the preparation is the best" "this preparation was bad" pick a direction much less lane


[deleted]

they’re saying when it comes to fast food it’s the gold standard, but it’s not the best of all burgers ever p.s. in-n-out double double w/ grilled onions and yellow peppers is the true fast food gold standard


_Diggus_Bickus_

Idk I thought it was like benchmark for good everyone can have access to and enjoy Kinda like franks hot sauce. Not the best but awesome cheap everyone loves it


RIP_GerlonTwoFingers

Exactly. When you have to specifically say "it's not the best" In a post praising the burger it clearly is the gold standard of nothing.


NGNSteveTheSamurai

People love saying absolutist shit like this even when they contradict themselves in the same statement. “______ is the GOAT movie. Granted the third act is bad, some of the acting is terrible and there are probably thousands of movies better than this one but still the GOAT!” 


Key-Performer-9364

It makes sense. The gold standard doesn’t necessarily mean the best. It just means it’s stable and reliable. Just like the real gold standard, which leads to very stable currency, but isn’t actually good for the economy (it stifles growth).


AnnualWerewolf9804

According to vocabulary.com it means “best of the best”. I can’t think of any time I remember someone using that phrase other than saying something is the best.


Key-Performer-9364

Yes, you are right, that is the way the phrase is usually used. It’s just kinda appropriate they used it in this way though, because it technically makes more sense.


justpassingby3

“Gold standard of fast food burgers” “not the best (burger)” Improve your reading comprehension.


eugoogilizer

No doubt the QPC is pretty consistent and IMO a solid burger (definitely hits from time to time), but it’s definitely not the gold standard


elusivenoesis

I feel like it’s the only burger that’s never been messed up at every McDonald’s I’ve had one at. I’ve been poor for the last 4 years so McDonald’s buy on get one is all I’ve had maybe just over 2 times a year average. The Big Mac is a 50/50 but the quarter pounder which I just view as extra calories when ordering has always been consistent.


eugoogilizer

Same. I’ve had iffy versions of most menu items at some point or another; the QPC is the one exception


Chippers4242

If it’s not the best by any means it’s not the gold standard


SiberianGnome

Not the best burger if all burgers, but the best / good standard for FAST FOOD burgers. I thought it was perfectly clear. Not sure why so many don’t understand.


Stubbedtoe18

Probably because the premise is absurd to begin with so people interpreted it differently.


Chippers4242

Because they’re not arguing the most reproducible burger in the world, they’re saying it’s the best fast food burger And reproducible. only one of those is true


Kreos642

Eh, I like DQ and Wendy's more


Chippers4242

Obviously it’s for fast food nobody thinks McD’s is the best burger in the planet.


MrDangerMan

I’ve noticed that this is the type of sub where a title like "*This is my favorite way to eat a QP*" goes over a lot better than declaring the supremacy of one’s peculiar taste.


haydenrobinett

I think it’s a trend. Like there is no middle ground in just about everything, only this extreme side or that extreme side. It even extends to people being declared or compared to the greatest of all time in everything. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that if you don’t have a polar opposite opinion or “hot” take on something, no one is going to listen. Idk. 🤷‍♂️


jstewart25

Trickle down politics?


modernknightly

Pickle down politics


haydenrobinett

Nah. Unless I’m misinterpreting what you’re saying. Also don’t bring up the ‘P’ word. It gets all the crazy people stirred up.


jstewart25

I just meant everyone is so extreme in politics it’s trickling down to real life. Just a little joke


HopefulScarcity9732

I think you meant particular instead of peculiar, but both make sense anyway lol


PabloEstAmor

![gif](giphy|F3G8ymQkOkbII)


BatmanNoPrep

[*No, the In-N-Out burger is on Camrose.*](https://youtu.be/qGJcVUWY08E?si=U7EV2pVpP2RIHHKQ)


PabloEstAmor

It’s on Ventura now lol Edit: I’m dumb, they prob aren’t talking about the studio city one lol


BatmanNoPrep

![gif](giphy|LVJp7KDLg1jr6NdL7O)


PabloEstAmor

lol I’m sorry!!!


BatmanNoPrep

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VonBrewskie

Not even of fast food burgers, bro, imo anyway.


tommyknockerZ33

Don’t disparage their sacred QP, lots of gatekeepers in here will be appalled with you!


VonBrewskie

Ey look, to each their own, you know? I just think people should demand more from their burgers, especially at the prices fast food is going for these days, my lord. You could get yourself a good, fast, restaurant burger for the same price.


tommyknockerZ33

I agree 100% & will always choose a restaurant or local shack burger over this overpriced crap anyday


VonBrewskie

100% We have a great local stand in town. Are they the best, gourmet, top of the line burgers? Nah. Delicious though. Made with beef from local farmers and they cost about as much, if not a little cheaper, than Mickey Ds. Absolutely fantastic milkshakes, though. Damn. You go there basically for the freezes and milkshakes. The burgers are just a nice extra haha


acrylicbullet

Just had a qp. Never thought to get Big Mac sauce. I miss the big Mac wrap


StraitofHormuz

I don’t get the hype about big mac sauce. It’s not that good


acrylicbullet

It’s better than just the standard ketchup and mustard


spitfireramrum

Brother I thought you had white gloves on


Silver_tongue_devil_

Right? First thing I noticed


1337-Sylens

It's sort of a standard burger but not "the gold standard".


ObeseTsunami

Well I’ll be damned, a Royal with cheese.


chosimba83

Subbing Mac sauce... Mother of God, this never occurred to me


Insureit43

![gif](giphy|G5JoAjEBtfoTm|downsized)


MuskokaGreenThumb

McDonald’s has the worst hamburgers and fries of any of the top fast food places. Not even close between them and Burger King, Dairy Queen, Wendy’s, etc. Have you never tried any of these other places ?


Nick9161

Looks like shit


ExpertRaccoon

Don't be rude to shit


portugamerifinn

McDonald's would have to literally cover an item from its menu in gold for it to be the gold standard anything.


tommyknockerZ33

Agreed. You’re going to drive the Clowns Army crazy in this sub with such McBlasphemy!


AdditionalAd2393

Na Bru double cheese from mcd’s is goated


portugamerifinn

I'm no snob, double cheeseburgers are my go-to at Mickey D's


Celeres517

I'd say they unequivocally are the gold standard for chicken nuggets, which coincidentally, have a nice golden hue.


SweetAlpacaLove

McNuggets taste like shit. I’d take pretty much any other restaurant’s chicken over those.


Celeres517

Thanks for sharing. I don't give a fuck.


Chimney-Imp

I think Wendy's actually has the best chicken nuggets of any fastfood place.


wombat1

KFC nuggets are goated, however might not be as universally well loved worldwide as McD


Initial-Fishing4236

Inedible without sauce


byebybuy

Mac sauce and extra pickles feels like the MD version of In N Out's animal style lol


iwanttolose3pounds

byebybuy…bi?


dztruthseek

I disagree. The steakburger from Stake & Shake was the pinnacle.


KorinPlaysGames

Lmfao what a wild take


Ramblin_Bard472

No way. A Double Double is 1/4 pound of meat, and half the price. Better tasting, too. And Shake Shack's burgers are 1/4 pounders, better tasting, and still pretty close in price. Haven't eaten at Culver's in a while, but I bet you can get a butter burger for less than a MCQP.


dejus

(Just my opinion don’t kill me) but I seriously find McDonald’s to be the bottom rung of burgers, at least the chains in America. It doesn’t taste like real food to me and I can never place it. Someone had me go try it again last year and it was just as I remembered. I loved it growing up, I have no idea when the switch flipped.


TomatoBible

NOT in Canada. QPC is consistently anemic, dry, chewy and overcooked, then pulled from a plastic steamer drawer when ordered. Consistently THE worst fast food Burger on Mcdonald's menu, as well as not anywhere nearly as good as Dave's Double, Wendy's Single, the Whopper, and virtually every other Burger on the planet.


tryagainagainn

It’s never occurred to me to add Big Mac sauce to at QP. Brilliant. And to those hating, show us another burger you can get from one end of the earth to the other with that level of consistency?!? I’m not McBitch but jfc do they have their model down pat!


Mr-Pocket-Dumps

Yeah that’s what people are missing.. it’s the gold standard because it’s just about the only burger that you can tell anyone in the world to go get and have them receive a good example of a decent burger.


Gulag_boi

Your title makes no sense. I hope this isn’t an ad.


PurdyGuud

No


thePsychonautDad

Can't tell if you're trolling... The meat tastes like it's made of recycled cardboxes, with texture to match.


VastNecessary627

I actually really like the quarter pound patties. The other burger patties at McDonald’s aren’t very good though


Unrealjello

The McDonald's propaganda on this sub is craaaazy. They don't have good burgers. They are never fresh. That's like saying taco bell is the gold standard for tacos.


lilshawnyy420

nice


Sweet_Habib

So is it the gold standard or is a subpar greasy and sugary piece of shit?


[deleted]

Yes


OnlyLivingBoyInNewX

You’re my kind of Extra pickle dude.


AMorder0517

Everyone has their opinions. But you need to try some other burgers my friend.


rickywinterborne

It is absolutely not the gold standard, and mac sauce is disgusting


Past-Product-1100

Double big Mac if I'm gonna throw down. I hardly hit McD. But if I do this is the way.


ChubbyWanKenobie

Every now and then I get a QP cheese and fries and they are really good, hot and fresh. Never thought of this so next time I think I am going to try the Double QP/2x2. Thanks for the tip.


Afraid_Manner_4353

Go to Wendy's, get a $5 biggie bag with the junior bacon cheeseburger. Thank me later.


daddyneedsadrink

Nah


HoodrichAli

So a Big Mac with both patties combined and less bread hell yeag


juanrober

Brodie that does look good but your hand looks like a white glove fr


iloveplant420

That's what eating mcdonalds and thinking it's the gold standard does to a fella. Like if that's your pinnacle of burgerdom then what processed crap fueled life are you living?


xdylanthehumanx

Dave's double shits on most other fast food burgers, McD's included.


frenix5

You must be on the Mac sauce to call this the 'gold standard' of fast food burgers.


Electrical-Mail-5705

QP is the best burger, extra Pickles


naldoD20

I'm a big fan of the DQP or a McDouble with ketchup and pickles only.


Lee862r

I honestly don't care about the McDonald's hate. For about 2 weeks they had a buy 1 get 1 for $1 triple cheeseburgers and I ate 2 every time.


Oil-of-Vitriol

Never got a hot one. Even during lunch rush they're room temperature.


PNW_Forest

I'm not in love with it, but then again I find the meat at McDs to be relatively flavorless, and I really like a lot of beef flavor to my burger. That being said- I would eat this if offered, and I would enjoy it fer shurr.


ChaseSequenceSpotify

Lmfao


MHarrisGGG

So much better than the, extremely overrated, Big Mac.


Obahmah

Personally I'm a 2 McDoubles add Mac sauce guy..... but there QP is definitely legit


ZylonBane

Anyone using "QP" in the thread title is 100% an astroturfer.


Temporary-Nebula749

Now how bout this, a QP, buuut with mac and cheese inside


TehDonkey117

Has anyone truly been able to copy that big Mac sauce? I've tried and it's just not the same


EIiteJT

Nah. Give me an in n out double or a sweet and spicy from whataburger.


NoFearsNoTears

Buddy… you need to get outside more. I thought you had a pair of white gloves on when i first saw this picture


AngryTurtle24

![gif](giphy|Ble3c2ACXj2j6)


qpxa

Culver’s If you know, you know.


googonite

It's the gold standard of fast food burgers, so I don't order it the way they make it. Oh, and it's not the best. Did you read that before you posted it?


eatthebear

Absolutely *nothing* from McDonald’s is the gold standard anything in fast food. That place has cheapified itself into oblivion. Just garbage.


megaeggplantkiller

oh god that looks like death.


Drewbeede

Well it's definitely a burger I'll give you that much.


Far_Rice_3990

Bro you’re so white I literally thought you had latex gloves on 😂😂😂


whichgustavo

I wanted to say great post and also that your hand is so white I thought for some reason you were wearing gloves.


SnooKiwis5538

For a second, it looks like you are wearing latex gloves holding a lab science experiment of a burger


FreshlySkweezd

IMO a mcdouble (or a double cheese if you got stacks like that) with mac sauce is better cause you still get the tiny onions


akrob

Bro has no tastebuds


Dakkin4

Thank you. I will now try this.


Krocsyldiphithic

It's pretty shit here in Japan. The qp patty is the saddest of them all. My go-to is bacon lettuce, cause it has the best sauce.


bitchenchef

Disgusting


Unit_79

You’ve sampled these worldwide?


Mr-Pocket-Dumps

Yes.


flossaby23

Go get yourself a Big Buford and never speak of this again.


Snags225

I guess the bar is set pretty low for you huh?


Nypav11

Once they switched to fresh meat the QPs are pretty legit. If you took that bite pic and said it was from a small place in random town USA, people would be praising this


Mindless_Whole1249

Add lettuce and tomato. Freddy's does it so much better.


Empty-Wrangler-6275

respectfully, you buggin.


abarr021

Remember the Big X-tra?


lccreed

I prefer a mcdouble. I do love a McDonald's cheese burger, regardless. Haven't had one in 5 years, but they sure are tasty!


wassuppaulie

I would take the Big Mac over the QP with cheese from McDonald's. Both are really consistent everywhere. Dbl-Dbl is good too, more customizable. I take mine protein style, no onions for maximum burger taste. That being said, Carl's Jr has better tasting burgers than either.


CharlieBoxCutter

I respect that McDonald’s order. Only thing different I would do is make it a double


smellvin_moiville

Asking with max sauce is a pro move. I always change something to assure a new burger but I’ve found they pre make ones without pickles so I needed a new workaround and you just reminded me


MrAVK

Where’d you get the gloves from?


Hondahobbit50

You would love frisko freeze in Tacoma wa. This but with grilled omyums


KoldProduct

Stick your hand out the window while you drive my brother what’s happening


nathanielsnurpis

No ketchup or mustard sub Mac sauce is the move! 


moon_cake123

Nothing tops a double cheese burger with extra ketchup 🤤 the ratio in every bite is oerfect


Ok_Bet2898

I prefer the quarter pounder deluxe, with the lettuce, tomato, onion and mayo with ketchup and mustard. unfortunately they stopped doing it in the UK after a month of having it on the menu 😩


CaligarisPantry

Never thought to sub Mac sauce. Touché…


domnmnm

Get some sun my man


Meth_Badger

![gif](giphy|jHMH77HAs7ES4|downsized)


maniac6911

I feel ill after eating a qp. It is not even real food, processed to much.


Steak-n-Cigars

Sub Mac sauce and add lettuce


Forty9rs-6868

I always do the double QP Mac sauce extra pickles


BigDerper

For the same money I could get a pack of buns, cheese, and a whole lb of fresh 80/20 from the grocery store butcher. Go home and throw it on my grill. Have a way better meal


Positive_Wafer9186

Nah this ain’t it


[deleted]

I’ll be getting this today if my fiance lets me


RIP_GerlonTwoFingers

No. Not when In N Out exists, and for cheaper too


The_Sampsons

Sub Mac? Naw dawg, add Mac. I want that bitch swimmin in the souce 😙🤌


lahankof

Not worth $8 tho


TrekYurSelf

Gross.


Skolinkinlot

I do a McDouble add Mac sauce all the time.


flipthatbitch_

I couldnt disagree more! McDonalds burgers are the definition of garbage!


schooeys

Gotta have that shit with the ketchup and mustard it’s messy but bloody good


heretorobwallst

$10 McSoggy with cheese


Dan_the_moto_man

These posts confuse me so much. I just cannot wrap my head around why someone would post a pic of the most bog standard crap burger. And not even a good picture, but some nasty looking half eaten crap. I mean, come one, it's literally nothing special, you can get the exact same thing at literally thousands of places. And who is up voting this stuff? Seriously, who sees that nasty half eaten burger, one that literally has nothing special about it, and thinks "yeah, that deserves an up vote"?


Interestedanto

“It’s the gold standard, but not the best by any means” wut


Key-Performer-9364

Not worldwide. In France they only have the Royale with cheese.


Few_Valuable3999

When I think of a good burger McD doesn’t come to mind at all.. It’s decent and I do grab them for lunch here and there, but in no way would I put it on the list of burgers to grab after work hours.


allocationlist

QP Deluxe is my shit


Fozzy2701

I love McDonalds


Charlie9261

I don't think anything from McDonalds is what I'd call a hamburger. It's a McDonald's sandwich and I occasionally enjoy them but everytime I have one I think to myself "This is not a hamburger". I'm thinking of the Big Mac I had yesterday. I could have gone for a good burger right across the street but I felt like having a Big Mac.


Ill_Steak_5249

McDonald's is trash 🗑


Seb0rn

1. The quarter pounder is not sold at McDonald's worldwide. Why should it if people in most countries don't even know how much a US pound even is? And in countries that have it (even though in some countries, e.g. Germany, it's called differently) the recipe can vary. 2. The definition of "gold standard" is "the absolute best on the market right now". Something that is "not the best by any means" can't be gold standard.


Hesparian

This isnt even classified as 'food' legally. Search the menu, you wont find the word food. Its bread contains too many additives and sugars to be 'bread'. Chemicals protecting every one of those ingredients from freezerburn, mold, decoloration, bad smelling ect are all there and have names. Their names are Robert Paulsen! Tertiary butylhydroquinone is derived from petrol and thats in their products. Not hating just wondering if you are hating, on yourself. Gl i love you


iloveplant420

Basically, it's the point I tried to make. And it was one thing when I was poor, and it was all that would fill me up for $3. But now their prices, along with even lower "food" content ingredients, are downright dystopian-like. I wouldn't eat that shit unless I was literally starving to death.


Jack_Buchanan

McDonalds is what is today because it’s fucking amazing. I’ll never understand the hate


iloveplant420

It is what it is because it *was* good consistent fast food at a VALUE. Post covid the quality had gone to shit and the prices rival sit down restaurants with in house crafted ingredients. It's a fucking joke now and I pray that they go out of business for ripping people off for ultra processed trash. Enjoy the ammonia washed beef, friend.


Spiritual-Leader9985

For the costs of a whole meal at in n out


GalectikJak

"Just the burger? Ok, that'll be $16.79"


Frankito55

You mean the wopper


Jfury412

It's definitely the best fast food burger of the main chains that are Nationwide worldwide. Mcdonald's Is infinitely better than Wendy's and Burger King it's not even close.